Columbia Sportswear Account Executive interview experience

The phone conversation was pretty straightforward and mostly revolved around how I’d found out about Columbia Sportswear and how I’d describe the company overall. I remember being encouraged to frame the brand as both a clothing company and a technology company—something they seemed to care about, since it came up directly in what we discussed.

After that call, I was offered an in-store interview. In the store, I ended up speaking with the store manager and the same assistant manager again, and the questions they asked were very similar to what I’d already heard on the phone. It felt like